A fissure between two tectonic plates....

Rating: 4/10 (14 June 2014)

When we looked up, we should have looked down, would have been a better tag line for this movie.
It's basically monsters versus robots, Del Toros's Power Rangers if you would, and that is the fundamental plot of the film, and unfortunately, it has very little to offer, other than wonderful effects.
It plays very much like a video game, the monsters get bigger and more difficult to destroy, whilst in-between these fights, we are 'treated' to cut scenes of the people in the machine, having problems and trying to get on with each other.
And this is the big problem with the film, lack of character development. Hunnam (?spelling), is the tortured soul who is lured back into action by Elba, who has never been more wooden than this.
Add an angry Jock, his dad, a love interest with a paternal connection to Elba, two comedy scientists, Ron Perlman in his obligatory cameo, and a bulldog, you get a very dull movie.
The creatures are awe-inspiring to begin with, but they soon become tiresome, just like the Transformers did.
It's easily Del Toro's lowest point, and one of the biggest disappointments of 2013.
When you see it, you will understand why it tanked, for a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters from the sea, it's bloomin' boring.
See Robot Jox instead, at least it's funny.